[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 63 (Friday, April 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15257-15258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7524]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report and a Draft General Conformity 
Determination for the Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project, Port of Long 
Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Department of the Army--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: On May 19, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 
District, Regulatory Division (Corps) in coordination with the Port of 
Long Beach (POLB) completed and published the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Middle 
Harbor Redevelopment Project (Project) in the Port of Long Beach. The 
Corps and POLB considered all comments received in preparing the Final 
EIS/EIR, which is available for a 30-day review (April 3, 2009 through 
May 3, 2009). The Final EIS/EIR includes a draft general conformity 
determination (see Appendix A-4), pursuant to Section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act. A general conformity determination is necessary because 
Project construction would require Federal action (i.e., issuance of a 
Corps permit for activities proposed in navigable waters and waters of 
the U.S.) and not all the Federal action's direct and indirect 
emissions would be below specified de minimis thresholds (40 CFR 
93.153(b)). Pursuant to the general conformity regulations (40 CFR part 
93, subpart B), general conformity determinations do not have to be 
included in the EIS and can be separately noticed, but the draft 
general conformity determination for the Federal action associated with 
the

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Project is being included in the Final EIS/EIR in this case.
    The Final EIS/EIR, including the draft general conformity 
determination, is available for public review during the next 30 days 
at the Port of Long Beach, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, California and 
on the Port's Web site: http://www.portoflosangeles.org. In addition, 
the Final EIS/EIR, including the draft general conformity 
determination, is available at the Long Beach Public Library, Main 
Branch, 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90822.
    Any comments received by the Corps and POLB on the Final EIS/EIR or 
the included draft general conformity determination during the next 30 
days will be considered fully before the Corps makes a final general 
conformity determination and finalizes the Record of Decision (ROD) for 
the Federal action associated with the Project. The Corps will publish 
a notice of a final general conformity determination in the Federal 
Register within 30 days of rendering a final decision. The public can 
request from the Corps copies of the ROD, which includes responses to 
comments on the Final EIS/EIR, including any on the draft general 
conformity determination, following publication of a final general 
conformity determination and upon execution of the ROD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the 
Final EIS/EIR or the included draft general conformity determination 
should be provided by May 3, 2009 to Antal Szijj, Senior Project 
Manager, North Coast Branch, Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, 2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 110, Ventura, California 93001, 
(805) 585-2147.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Aaron O. Allen,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Division, Los Angeles District.
[FR Doc. E9-7524 Filed 4-2-09; 8:45 am]
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